The crocodile broke his jaw during a fight and it stopped growing.
In India, in the zoo of the city of Vandaler, there lives a crocodile with a very strange mouth.
A couple of years ago, this young reptile damaged its upper jaw during a fight and after that it no longer grew.
The animal was unable to feed and would likely have died if zoo staff hadn't noticed its injury. To provide assistance, the injured animal was given its own enclosure.
The workers say the crocodile was in excruciating pain. They had to use a brush on a long pole to reach it, clean the wound, and apply medication because they couldn't get a bandage on it. Antibiotics were also administered.
After the injury, the crocodile's jaw stopped growing, despite the bone having completely fused. Surprisingly, the crocodile quickly adapted to living with this unusual mouth, and it doesn't cause him any discomfort.
Common crocodiles are fed large chunks of meat. To make this reptile more comfortable, they are fed finely chopped meat.
Despite the fact that the crocodile is a very dangerous animal, this one looks quite unusual and even cute, which is what attracts visitors. And not long ago, it had a "photo shoot" with local photographer Palanithan M.